Loading apparatus



No. 609,409. H Patented Aug. 23, I898.

J. CARROTHERS.

LOADING APPARATUS.

(Application filed Feb. 18, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED l JAMES OARROTI-IERS, OF EPWORTH, OHIO.

LOADING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,409, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed February 18, 1898- Serial No. 670,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, lanes CARROTHERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Epworth, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Loading Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to loading apparatuses; and the same has special reference to that class of such apparatus as are portable and are especially designed to be mounted upon wagons for the purpose of elevating the load from the ground and depositing the same in the wagon.

The objects of my invention are to produce a strong, simple, durable, and easily-operated my invention to the particular use herein referred to.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel featurcs thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my loading apparatus, the same being shown as mounted upon the raclebeams of a farm-wagon. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the mast-supporting turn-table.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both figuresof the drawings.

1 1 designate the two parallel rack-beams of an ordinary farm -wagon, or it may be any other suitable supporting-foundation upon which is supported the transverse platform 2, the same in this instance being held in position upon the rack-beams 1 1 by means of angle-bolts 3 3, the lower ends of which en gage the lower edges of the rack-beams and the upper threaded ends of which pass through suitable apertures formed in the plat form 2, above which they are provided with nuts 4.. A rack-frame 5 may also surmount the rack-beams 1 1 and extend to one or both sides of the wagon-body. i

In a supporting-frame 6, located upon and depending from the center of the platform 2, is located a turn-table 7, on the upper side of which a socket 8 is formed, the same preferably being angular. The turn-table, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,'consists of a lower fixed disk-like section 9, having a central circular opening 10, and upon its upper face a pair of parallel annular flanges 11 11, which at intervals are provided with axially-alining bearings 12, which receive the trunnions or journals 13 of a series of rollers 14, the upper surfaces of which are above the horizontal plane of the annular flanges 11 11.

The turn-table further consists in the upper disk-like section 15, upon the upper side of which the socket 8 is formed or secured. The

section 15 is movable and has a surrounding depending flange 16 of sufficient diameter to somewhat easily embrace the outer annular flange 11 of the lower section. It will be obvious that the plane of the upper sides of the rollers 14 beingabove that'of the annular flanges 11 11 the upper section will be supported upon therollers and is therefore free to revolve. In order to aid in maintaining the upper section of the turn-table upon the lower section of the same, I may provide the said upper section with a centrally-located depending stud 1'7, which depends through and loosely fits the circular opening 10 of the lower section.

Surmounting the platform 2 is the stay block 18, and the same is provided with a circular opening 19,'(see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) arranged in vertical alinement with the socket 8. 20 designates the mast or post,t-hat portion of which that passes through the stay block being reduced and made cylindrical, as indicated at 21. The lower extremity of this mast or post 20 is squared to fit the angular socket 8, in which it is stepped. The upper end of the mast or post is provided with a loose grooved pulley 22 and below the same,

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at a suitable distance, with a transverse opening 23. (Shown by dotted lines.) A transverse pin 24 passes through this latter opening, the opposite sides of which are flared, and fulcrumed upon the pin at one side of its longitudinal center is the crane-arm 25. A hook-bail 27 is bolted to the extremity of the longer portion of the arm, and a pair of hooks 28 is secured to the extremity of the shorter portion of the arm. Achain-section 29 is connected to the uppermost of these hooks 28, passes upward and forward over the pulley 22, and is connected in advance of the same to a rod 30, the front end of which is connected to the hook-bail 27, the whole forming a truss-su p port for the crane-arm, as will be obvious. A rod 31 is also connected to the lowermost of the hooks 28, and to the lower end of the rod I may connect a chain 32, any one of the links of which may be adjustably connected to a hook 33, secured to the side of the mast or post 20. It will be apparent that the transverse opening in the post being flared the operator may, by means of the chain 32 and by first disconnecting the same from the hook 33, raise and lower the crane-arm and alter its relative position to the posts or mast at will, securing the said crane-arm at any point of its adjustment by rehooking the link upon the hook The upper edge of the crane-arm is surmounted by the wheels or rollers of a truck-frame 34, which terminates at its lower end in a hook This hook 35 is engaged by the front end of an adj usting-rod 36, by means of which the truck-frame may be readily run in and out upon the crane-arm. The lower edge of the rod 36 is preferably provided with inclined notches 37, and one of which may be engaged with a laterally disposed locking stud or pin 38, which is driven in the mast or post 20.

In a suitable bearing-bracket 39, secured at a proper point upon the mast or post 20, is journaled a shaft 40 of a Winding-drum 41, the said shaft being provided with an ordinary operating-crank 42, whereby the drum and shaft maybe turned or rotated together. The shaft 40 also carries a ratchet-wheel 43, the teeth of which are inclined and are in the path of the free end of an ordinary gravitypawl 44, pivoted at the side of the mast or post, by means of which the drum is held against retrograde movement.

Suspended from the hook 35 of the truck 34 is a pulley-block 45, to which is connected one end of the pulley-rope 46, the same passing down and through a pulley-block 47, provided with a hook 48, and back up to the block 45, through the same, and connected to the winding-drum 41.

From the foregoing description it will be obvious that the apparatus as a whole may be readily turned or rotated upon the turn-table so as to bring the block and tackle at the front, back, or either side of the Wagon, that the crane-arm may be raised and lowered and is thoroughly braced by the devices employed for raising and lowering the same, and that the truck carrying the block and tackle may be run in and out at will and secured at any point of its adjustment.

The apparatus as described being mounted upon a wagon and the latter driven into the field, the pawl 44 is disengaged from the ratchet-wheel,and,through the medium of the adjusting-rod 36, the truck and the block and tackle is run out upon the crane-arm to a point above the fodder, which, it will be understood, is roughly bundled or arranged in shocks. The operator on the ground fastens the hook 48 in the shock, and the operator on the platform 2 rotates the winding-shaft and its drum, the pawl preventing any slipping or retrogression of the drum. When the shock has been raised to a suitable elevation, the operator on the platform ceases his winding operation, and grasping the adj Listing-rod 36 raises the same so as to disengage the notches of the same from the pin 38 and draws the truck, with its block and tackle and its load, in toward the mast or post, at the same time swinging or rotating the latter so that the load is brought directly over that point in the wagon where it is desired to deposit the load. WVhen this has been done, the operator raises the pawl and allows the load to fall in place in the wagon.

By tying the shocks before the corn is husked the farmer can save handling the corn so many times, and by the aid of my device may transport the same unhusked to the barn or lot, and is thus enabled to husk the corn and handle fodder at the same time.

Of course any form of bale-band may be employed, and as such forms no part of my present invention such is not herein described or illustrated.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a vertical mast or post, and a crane-arm fulcrumed thereon between its ends, of a pulley located in the post above said arm, a flexible connection extendingover the said pulley and fixedly connected to the ends of the arm, and a connection between the rear end of said arm and the said mast or post below the fulcrum-point thereon of the arm.

2. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a mast or post, and a crane-arm fulcrumed between its ends thereon, of hooks located at the opposite ends of the said cranearm, a pulley located in the post above the said arm, a hook on the post below said cranearm, a flexible connection passing over the said pulley and fixedly connected to the ends of the crane-arm, and a rope or chain connected to the rear end of the crane-arm and at its lower ends adjustably connected to the hook on the post or mast.

3. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a vertical mast or post and a crane-arm extending therefrom, of a traveling truck located on said arm, a block and tackle depending from the truck, awinding mechanism supported by the mast or post and connected to the cable of the block and tackle, and a truckactuating rod connected to the traveling truck and adjustably connected at its rear end to the mast or post.

4. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a m-ast or post, a crane-arm loosely fulcrumed thereon, and means for raising and lowering the crane-arm, of a traveling truck located on the crane-arm, a block and tackle depending therefrom a winding mechanism connected to the post and to the cable of the said block and tackle, a pin projecting from the post, and an adjusting-rod connected to the traveling truck and provided on its under side with notches for engaging said pin.

5. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a platform, a frame located below an opening in the same, a turn-table located on the frame and having its upper movable sec tion provided with a socket, of a mast or post stepped in said socket, a crane-arm fulcrumed on the mast, means for adjusting the cranearm, a traveling truck mounted on the cranearm, a block and tackle carried thereby, a

winding mechanism connected to the block and tackle, and an adjusting-rod connected to the traveling truck and provided with notches for engaging apin on the mast.

6. The combination with the rack-beams of a wagon, of a platform surmounting the same,

the angular bolts depending through openings in the platform and having their lower ends engaging the lower edges of the rack-beams,

and nuts applied to the upper ends of said bolts, of a lifting apparatus consisting of a mast stepped in a bearing carried by the platform, a crane-arm, and a traveling truck carried by said crane-arm.

7. The combination with the platform, the frame located below the same, and the stayblock mounted thereabove and provided with a circular opening, of a turn-table carried by the frame and provided upon its upper movable side with an angular socket, a mast stepped therein and having a lower squared end fitting the socket, and loading mechanism carried by said mast.

8. The combination with the lower section of the turn-table, having the central opening and the surrounding parallel annular flanges 11, provided at intervals with aXially-alining bearings, of the rollers having trunnions located in the bearings and projecting above the plane of the said annular flanges, the upper movable section having an outer surrounding depending annular flange inclosing the outer annular flange of the lower section and resting on said rollers, the stud dependtable, the mast squared at its lower end to fit the said socket, and the lifting mechanism carried by the said mast. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES CARROTl-IERS.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. SPENCER, S. A. RINGLE. 

